Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): Mi abuela me enseñó a desatar los cordones despacio para no romperlos. - My grandmother taught me to untie the laces slowly so as not to break them.

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Mi abuela me enseñó a desatar los cordones despacio para no romperlos.

Meaning

My grandmother taught me to untie the laces slowly so as not to break them.

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Breakdown of Mi abuela me enseñó a desatar los cordones despacio para no romperlos.

What does me mean in Mi abuela me enseñó?

Me is the indirect object pronoun meaning to me.

So:

It marks the person who received the teaching. In this sentence, your grandmother is the one doing the teaching, and me is the person learning.

Why is it enseñó and not enseña or enseñaba?

Enseñó is the preterite form of enseñar, third person singular:

Here it means she taught as a completed action in the past.

So me enseñó is the natural choice if you mean one completed act of teaching, or you are simply narrating a past event.

Why is there an a before desatar?